Shock confession time: Man of Steel is one of my most-anticipated movies because, well, it’s directed by Zack Snyder, and with a script written by David S. Goyer, and with Chris Nolan as producer, there’s absolutely no way this movie can go wrong.

Now we have the first look at the guy playing Clark Kent/Superman, Henry Cavill, in costume as the title character. Click on the image to embiggen:

Personally, I think it’s absolutely badass. I love that they’re using the Earth-Two Superman logo for this suit too.

Not a fan of the textured look (I think it worked better in The Amazing Spider-Man, though) but I’m willing to give that particular design mistake a pass, mainly because you know they’re not going to pussify Superman, unlike that other recent movie.

What do you think?

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Since RJ is taking a while with his Nerd Music Monday post, I’ll just entertain you with these awkward pictures taken by passers-by on the set of Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises.

COZ BABY YOU’RE A FIREWOOOOORK

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I haven’t seen Captain America: The First Avenger yet, but I didn’t care if I spoiled myself a bit to watch the final scene. Which, as every comic book movie fan worth their salt should already know, is the trailer for the Avengers movie directed by Joss Motherfuckin’ Whedon.

Watch it here, if you don’t mind spoilers:

Damn. I am SO stoked. What do you think?

From the general consensus on the internet (like Bim of Comicology hating it to bits), it looks like I’m the only guy here who actually liked the just-released trailer for the Marc Webb-directed reboot of the Spider-Man movie franchise, The Amazing Spider-Man.

It does show some nice bits, like Peter’s parents (I hope they’re also S.H.I.E.L.D. agents for this version) and forced awkwardness from him care of Andrew Garfield’s acting. I didn’t care for the spider biting him on the neck, instead of the right hand, but if everything else works out I’ll give it a pass. Also, they seem to be portraying Curt Connors/The Lizard (Irrfan Khan) as a straight-up evil/ambitious villain instead of the more traditional sympathetic portrayal he has in every fucking adaptation. I hope this isn’t how he ends up in the final cut, because I swear, I will step on a kitten if they do that. (continue reading…)

Here it is. The first official trailer for the epic conclusion to the Chris Nolan Batman film trilogy – The Dark Knight Rises. It doesn’t give us much information about the plot – we just see a few flashbacks to the scenes of the first two films, a hospitalized Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) pleading with an off-screen Bruce Wayne/Batman (Christian Bale) to step out of retirement, and a few fleeting glimpses of the movie’s big bad, Bane (Tom Hardy).

Considering TDKR is going to open July 2012, I’m really surprised at how early this movie’s marketing push is. Also, it only started filming a few weeks back, and we have some climatic fight scene footage already! What do you think of the new The Dark Knight Rises teaser trailer?